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- From: gmk@pegasos.ccsr.uiuc.edu (Gottfried Mayer-Kress)
- Subject: Re: Release 3.0 is shipping, as of Aug 24th. (?)
- References: <1992Aug29.160934.377@parsec.mixcom.com>
- Message-ID: <Btus0p.Bo8@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Reply-To: gmk@pegasos.ccsr.uiuc.edu (Gottfried Mayer-Kress)
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:53:11 GMT
- Lines: 34
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- In article <1992Aug29.160934.377@parsec.mixcom.com> alberto@parsec.mixcom.com
- (Manuel Alberto Ricart) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug28.210040.303@cs.sfu.ca> oneill@cs.sfu.ca (Richard
- O'Neill) writes:
- > >Since no-one on Usenet seemed all that sure, I thought I'd call NeXT and
- > >ask when we might expect 3.0 to appear. I was told that it started
- 'shipping'
- > >on Monday, August 28th, and to expect my copy within a couple of weeks.
- > >
- > >This could just be bullshit to appease customers, but it's what they say.
- > >
- >
- > The next August 28th to land on a monday is not 'till 1997!
- >
- > --
- c'mon you guys, I know you are all DYING to get the new 3.0 but don't be THAT
- pessimistic! If you read the mail header carefully you see that it mentions
- August 24, which happens to be a Monday, even in the current year 1992!
-
- And if you bother to call NeXT's 800 number (848-NeXT) and press option #5
- you can even get prompt information about when your CD has been shipped!
- Is this great service or what?!
-
- Let's give the hard working guys at NeXT a big round of (electronic)
- applause...
-
-
- --
- Gottfried Mayer-Kress
- Center for Complex Systems Research, Department of Physics
- 3025 Beckman Institute, 405 N Mathews, Urbana, Il 61801
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